As the stages are broken down and the gear is packed up, fans from across the country and the world are coming down from their annual MerleFest excitement. The centerpiece of MerleFest 2023—which took place this past weekend, April 27-30, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina—was the all-encompassing celebration of what would have been MerleFest founder Doc Watson’s 100th birthday.

In music circles, soul is an overused word. It’s something singers and musicians claim to have, yet too many don’t and wish they did. Shawn James makes no pronouncements about his musical soul, but there is no doubt he has it. One listen to his rich, resonant voice embodying lyrics, sometimes turning them inside out, and that four-letter word immediately comes to mind.

Tycho and Another Planet Entertainment are excited to officially announce the inaugural lineup for Golden States, a personally curated destination one-day music festival at Oxbow RiverStage in Napa, CA happening July 15, 2023. Tycho will perform a special set featuring songs from their discography plus unreleased tracks from their forthcoming album.

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To celebrate the 50th Anniversary the release of the classic compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, benefit concert producers the Wild Honey Foundation, original curator Lenny Kaye, and Rhino Records will present a live performance of songs from legendary LP and bonus material from the era as a benefit for the Autism Healthcare Collaborative, will take place Friday, May 19, 2023 at 8 p.m., at the historic

SUSTO will return with My Entire Life July 28 via New West Records. The 12-song set was produced by Wolfgang Zimmerman (Band of Horses) and SUSTO’s Justin Osborne and Johnny Delaware.

“Second Son” by Honey Island Swamp Band is the lead single off of the band’s debut Color Red album Custom Deluxe coming out on June 23rd. It is the band’s first release since 2016 with a collection of songs recorded between 2018-2022.

ODESZA and their GRAMMY-nominated album ‘The Last Goodbye’ continues to dominate the electronic music world with the surprise DSP release of a deluxe edition of the epic LP today. They also have announced a forthcoming physical 3LP limited edition deluxe box set (limited to 2,500 units sold), featuring a 2LP press of 'The Last Goodbye' on transparent crystal rose and transparent clear sky color vinyl along with a third transparent hazy gold icosahedron shaped LP featuring four bonus songs.

Ghost of Vroom – the acclaimed band comprised of veteran singer-songwriter Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing), bassist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston, and drummer Madden Klass – have announced the release of their new album. GHOST OF VROOM 3 arrives via Mod y Vi Records on Friday, September 1. Pre-orders are available now.

LA-based multi-instrumentalist rocker Graham Czach shares powerful anti-racism track "Can't See A Thing" featuring Angelo Moore of Fishbone out everywhere now. Accompanying the release, an official video featuring Czach and Moore is also out now.

In a brand new song released today titled "King of a Land," Yusuf’s lyrics speak to a clear frustration with the state of the postmodern world: “If I was a king of a land, I’d free every woman and man…If I ran the schools of this world…If I had a mountain of gold.”